Unit+5

Dramatically Speaking

Essential question: How is reading a speech, poem, or a script for a play different from performing it?

Objectives:
 * Read and discuss a variety of dramatic fiction and nonfiction about plays, playwrights, public speakers, and poets.
 * Analyze how particular lines of dialogue in Sorry, Wrong Number propel the action and reveal aspects of a character.
 * Compare and contrast characters, plots, themes, settings, and literary techniques used in plays and films.
 * Analyze the extent to which a film or radio production of Sorry, Wrong Number stays faithful or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
 * Conduct research on a playwright or public speaker of choice.
 * Discuss how creating a sound argument is essential to engaging listeners in a speech.
 * Perform for classmates in a variety of styles.
 * Participate in group discussions and critically evaluate classmates' arguments.

Texts:

Terminolgy:
 * Dialogue
 * Diction
 * Drama
 * Film noir
 * Flashback
 * Monologue
 * Screenplay
 * Script
 * Staging